as in fake
being such in appearance only and made with or manufactured from usually cheaper materials
the dummy shutters on the house are actually made of vinyl and are for decoration only
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as in idiot
a stupid person
it's obvious that she's in love with you, you dummy
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as in copy
something that is made to look exactly like something else
for the movie, the props department made a dummy of the lunar module actually used in the mission
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Recent Examples of dummy
Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
The city’s acting comptroller, Kathe Swanson, discovered the dummy account while Crundwell had been on leave and reported it to the city’s mayor.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
Jessica Roy, The Cut, 23 June 2017
While the group did 100 to 120 chest compressions a minute on CPR dummies, or 30 compressions and two breaths, Metro took photos with her phone and streamed the scene on Facebook Live.
—Victoria St. Martin, Washington Post, 5 July 2017
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Adjective
New Glenn will carry the Blue Ring Pathfinder, a 20-ton dummy payload that simulates future customer payloads.
—Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
The city’s acting comptroller, Kathe Swanson, discovered the dummy account while Crundwell had been on leave and reported it to the city’s mayor.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
Noun
The American Heart Association employs a bunch of dummies.
—Jessica Roy, The Cut, 23 June 2017
While the group did 100 to 120 chest compressions a minute on CPR dummies, or 30 compressions and two breaths, Metro took photos with her phone and streamed the scene on Facebook Live.
—Victoria St. Martin, Washington Post, 5 July 2017
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dummy
Adjective
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Here are the best fake car ads and parodies celebrating SNL's 50th anniversary.—
Betty Lin-Fisher,
USA TODAY,
18 Feb. 2025
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Yet criminals are impersonating the IRS to trick taxpayers into sharing personal information by texting them fake alerts of their eligibility for extra money, warns the Better Business Bureau.—
Kate Gibson,
CBS News,
17 Feb. 2025
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See, there’s this scary monkey toy—a vintage windup doll that creepily plays the drums—and whenever it gets set off, someone around it dies.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
21 Feb. 2025
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Fashioning Wonder includes some exquisite doll sized clothing and accessories, were traditional objects that might have been included in someone’s collection of curiosities?—
Rachel Elspeth Gross,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2025
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Film footage taken of the flag-raising in action proves the photo’s authenticity, though the original copy has been lost.—
Sarah Holzmann,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 Feb. 2025
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The notices of firings and leaves come on top of hundreds of USAID contractors receiving no-name form letters of termination over the weekend, according to copies that the AP viewed.—
Ellen Knickmeyer,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Feb. 2025
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Sabrina After Dark, the faux series Sabrina Carpenter built into her live show on the Short n’ Sweet tour, has been renewed for another season.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
27 Feb. 2025
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But the biggest changes can be found at the back of the car, where the rear end has been outfitted with a pair of vertical stabilizers and a set of faux afterburners and missiles.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
27 Feb. 2025
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In 1979, a bomb was thrown from a moving car into the London building where the designer had a showroom, which was damaged along with the mannequins in her window display.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
WWD,
14 Feb. 2025
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At that time, models were little more than glorified mannequins, rarely named or acknowledged.—
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airmail.news,
8 Feb. 2025
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One of her graduate students, Katherine Shark, made a replica of the Molyneux gown out of muslin which is part of the exhibit as well.—
Rachel Elspeth Gross,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2025
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The museum will feature interactive exhibitions and life-sized replicas based on da Vinci’s drawings and sketches.—
Francesca Aton,
ARTnews.com,
21 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Drug overdose deaths, largely caused by the synthetic opioid drug fentanyl, reached record highs in the United States in 2021.—
Moises Velasquez-Manoff Robert Petkoff Emma Kehlbeck Zak Mouton,
New York Times,
16 Feb. 2025
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Drug traffickers mix fentanyl, a synthetic narcotic that is 10 times more powerful than other opioids, with other illicit drugs in an effort to drive addiction and attract repeat buyers, according to the Drug Enforcement Administration.—
Mary Divine,
Twin Cities,
16 Feb. 2025
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An underrated gem — not enough people have seen this top-tier season — Squirrels Trip has some fabulous vocals, very funny lyrics, a heavy dose of stupid, and an engaging story.—
Barry Levitt,
Vulture,
21 Feb. 2025
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The stupid!—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
2 July 2021
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“Dummy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dummy. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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